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Recent News About Steris Isomedix

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  Steris Isomedix reaches $48M deal to end Lake County EtO lawsuits

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Monday, Mar 10, 2025 @ 10:03pm

  The settlement has not yet been approved. However, Steris said the deal would resolve the majority of 275 lawsuits accusing the company over alleged cancer-causing ethylene oxide emissions from a medical device sterilization plant in Waukegan

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  Mistrial ends, for now, first trial vs Isomedix over Lake County EtO emissions

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Tuesday, Jan 21, 2025 @ 6:19pm

  Problems with a juror apparently cut short jury deliberations in the first trial over claims that emissions from medical device sterilization plants in Lake County caused cancers. About 275 similar lawsuits are pending in Cook County court vs Steris Isomedix, the sole remaining unsettled defendant in those lawsuits

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